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Origins of the Cold War Flashcards

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1
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What year was the Yalta Conference in?

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1945

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What year was the Potsdam conference in?

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1945

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What year was the Tehran conference in?

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1943

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4
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Countries in the Grand Alliance?

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Britain, USA and Soviet Union

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5
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Name the Big Three

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Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin

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One agreement of Yalta conference

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United Nations would be set up
Germany would have to pay reparations
Germany would be divided and demilitarised when defeated

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One agreement of Potsdam conference

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Nazi Party banned
Berlin divided into zones of occupation
Council of Foreign Ministers set up

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One agreement of Tehran conference

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USSR declare war on Japan once Germany defeated

USA and Britain agreed to invade Nazi-occupied Europe

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9
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Name Roosevelt’s successor

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Truman

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10
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Two factors that ended the grand alliance.

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USA dropped atomic bombs on Japan in 1945 (gave them military advantage)
Truman tried to push Stalin around in Potsdam

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11
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Date of the Long Telegram?

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1946

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Date of the Novikov’s Telegram?

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1946

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Two things that the Long Telegram said?

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Soviets saw Capitalism as a threat that needed to be destroyed
Soviets building military power
Peace between Capitalists and Communists was not possible

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Two things that the Novikov’s telegram said?

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USA wanted world domination and building military strength
USA preparing for war with the Soviets
Soviets were the only people after the war that could stand up to the USA

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15
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Name two satellite states

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Poland and Hungary

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What was a ‘satellite state’?

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A country under the Soviet’s control and sphere of influence

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17
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What year was the Truman doctrine and the Marshall Plan?

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1947

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18
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Two factors that Truman said in the Truman doctrine?

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Countries faced a choice between capitalism and communism.
Communism evil and Capitalism good
USA must contain communism

19
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Two factors of the Marshall Plan

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$13 billion from USA to help rebuild Europe

Countries must trade with the USA to get the money

20
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Two countries that took the money offered via Marshall Aid?

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Britain
France
Germany

21
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Cominform set up when and by who?

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1947 by Stalin

22
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One key point of Cominform?

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Eliminated opposition to the Soviet control of Satellite States

23
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Comecon set up when and by who?

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1949 by Stalin

24
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One key point of Comecon?

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Built trade links between Comecon countries

Prevented Comecon countries signing up to the Marshall Plan

25
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Three countries in Comecon

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Soviet Union, Poland and Hungary

26
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When was NATO set up?

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1949

27
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Three countries in NATO

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US, Britain and France

28
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One significance of NATO

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It showed that Western governments would not accept future Soviet aggression

29
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Consequence of Cominform, Comecon and NATO

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Western Europe in one camp linked to USA

Eastern Europe in one camp linked to Soviets

30
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What was Bizonia?

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The area in which the USA and Britain Berlin zones joined together

31
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Countries in Western Germany

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USA, Britain and France

32
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What year was the Berlin airlift?

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1949

33
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Why did Stalin create a blockade in 1948? (2 key features)

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To try and force Western powers out of Berlin and to prove he had the power to stop a divided Germany from working

34
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What year was the Warsaw Pact formed

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1955

35
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One significance of the Warsaw Pact

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There were now two opposing alliances in Europe (NATO and the Warsaw Pact)

36
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Two negative impacts on Hungary due to the Soviet control

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Food shipped off to the Soviets

Any opposition in Hungary was wiped out

37
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Who succeeded Stalin and when

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Khrushchev, 1956

38
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When was Nagy appointed prime minister of Hungary

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1956

39
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One reform Nagy wanted for Hungary

A

To leave the Warsaw Pact

40
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When was the Soviet invasion of Hungary

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1956

41
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One reason for the Soviet invasion of Hungary

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Khrushchev disapproved of Nagy’s reforms

42
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Two consequences of the Soviet invasion of Hungary

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5,000 Hungarians killed

Nagy deposed

43
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How many Soviet troops invaded Hungary in 1956

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200,000

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